Total financial cost of water-related detrimental impacts
Unit
Indicator
Metric type
Framework alignment notes
Target example
[Company name] will reduce the cost of water related detrimental impacts in [basin] by [target percentage]% by [target year], compared to a baseline of [baseline percentage]% in [baseline year].
Target source: WBCSD target template
Metric assessment
Relevance: Low
Feasibility: Low
Additional Metric Notes
ACT-D stage: Disclose Maturity stage: Advancing Metric Contribution to Action: Measuring these costs highlights the economic consequences of unsustainable practices and informs policy changes to mitigate future impacts. Observations/Successes/Challenges: > Internalizing external costs is difficult without standardized economic valuation methods.